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Re: Basic question about compiling

From Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Basic question about compiling
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Date 2012-02-14 12:29 +0200
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simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> writes:
> On Feb 11, 3:58 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a...@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

>> Occasionally RTFM is the best answer.

> Disagreed. Just ask yourself this question: how long would you survive
> in the organization if you gave your colleague the "RTFM answer"? I

An RTFM answer is often a good one when it points to the right FM.
Why quote a snippet from the documents, when the person with the problem
can read it straight from the source and at the same time have more
context than what would be reasonable to quote?

-- 
Jukka Lahtinen

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Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-10 08:12 -0800
  Re: Basic question about compiling Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-02-10 09:00 -0800
    Re: Basic question about compiling Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 09:29 -0800
      Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-10 11:48 -0800
        Re: Basic question about compiling Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 13:11 -0800
          Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-11 13:17 -0800
            Re: Basic question about compiling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-11 17:58 -0500
              Re: Basic question about compiling Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 20:11 -0800
                Re: Basic question about compiling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-12 09:39 -0500
              Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-11 22:14 -0800
                Re: Basic question about compiling Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-02-12 00:36 -0600
                Re: Basic question about compiling Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-02-14 06:15 -0800
                Re: Basic question about compiling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-12 09:37 -0500
                Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-12 11:04 -0800
                Re: Basic question about compiling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-12 14:34 -0500
                Re: Basic question about compiling Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2012-02-14 12:29 +0200
                Re: Basic question about compiling RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2012-02-15 10:38 +0000
        Re: Basic question about compiling rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2012-02-11 18:57 +0000
        Re: Basic question about compiling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-11 15:14 -0500
          Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-11 12:58 -0800
            Re: Basic question about compiling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-11 16:18 -0500
            Re: Basic question about compiling Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-02-11 18:13 -0400
              Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-11 22:21 -0800
    Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-10 11:26 -0800
      Re: Basic question about compiling Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-02-10 11:37 -0800
        Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-10 11:51 -0800
        Re: Basic question about compiling simplicity <stella_pigeon@live.ca> - 2012-02-10 12:30 -0800
          Re: Basic question about compiling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-11 15:00 -0500
        Re: Basic question about compiling Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-10 23:30 +0100
  Re: Basic question about compiling Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-02-11 02:33 -0800

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